Charlotte Alter

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Charlotte Alter

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Credit - Tom Williams—Getty ImagesElissa Slotkin knows something about strategy. The Michigan senator formerly worked for George W. Bush's National Security Council and Barack Obama's State Department and Department of Defense before first winning a Michigan congressional seat in 2018. Last year, her Senate victory was one of few bright spots for Democrats.

4 weeks ago | time.com | Charlotte Alter

Julie Burkhart has been fighting for decades to provide abortions in some of the most rural and conservative areas of the U.S. After Wyoming banned abortion in 2022, she joined other advocates to challenge the ban, and opened Wellspring Health Access, the state’s only full-service abortion clinic. In 2024, a judge ruled in Wellspring’s favor, declaring the near total ban unconstitutional.

1 month ago | time.com | Charlotte Alter

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. In the hours before President Trump abruptly dialed back his sweeping reciprocal tariffs, Senator Jacky Rosen led her Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, warning about the tariffs' impact on small businesses. Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, was re-elected to her second term last November, even as Trump won the state for the first time.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Charlotte Alter

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) walks through the Senate Subway in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2025. Credit - Anna Moneymaker—Getty ImagesThis article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.

1 month ago | time.com | Charlotte Alter

Mallory McMorrow has been considered an up-and-comer in the Democratic Party since 2022, when she went viral after a speech responding to Republican attacks that she was a "groomer" for supporting trans kids. On April 2, the Michigan state senator announced she is launching a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by the retiring Democratic incumbent Gary Peters. "We need new leaders," McMorrow, 38, says in a video announcing her candidacy.